N Cyprus President To Meet Leader Of Greek Cypriot Administration To Assess Preparations For Extensive Talks

LEFKOSA - President of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus will meet with leader of Greek Cypriot administration on May 23th to assess the work of the bi-communal technical and working committees which have been making preparations for extensive talks in the Island.
A press release issued by the United Nations Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus, said the two leaders would meet at the residence of the UN Secretary General`s Special Represantetive to Cyprus, Taye-Brook Zerihoun at 11:00 a.m.
Talat and Christofias met at the buffer zone on March 21st. The two leaders agreed to open the Lokmaci Gate to pedestrian crossing and to set up working groups and technical committees which would make preparations for extensive talks for the solution of the Cyprus issue.
Lokmaci Gate (Ledra Street crossing), which remained closed for 45 years since the start of communal conflict in Cyprus in 1963, was opened to pedestrian crossings on April 3rd.
(OZG-AÖ)